/*
 * Copyright 2009-2011 Sönke Sothmann, Steffen Schäfer and others
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
 * in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * 
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License
 * is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express
 * or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
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 */
package com.google.gwt.typedarrays.client;

import com.google.gwt.core.client.JavaScriptObject;

/**
 * 
 * An ArrayBufferView is used to access (read/write) the contents of an ArrayBuffer.
 * 
 */
public abstract class ArrayBufferView extends JavaScriptObject {

  /**
   * protected standard constructor as specified by {@link com.google.gwt.core.client.JavaScriptObject}.
   */
  protected ArrayBufferView() {
    super();
  }

  /**
   * Returns the underlying {@link ArrayBuffer} of this ArrayBufferView.
   * 
   * @return the underlying {@link ArrayBuffer} of this ArrayBufferView.
   */
  public final native ArrayBuffer getBuffer() /*-{
		return this.buffer;
  }-*/;

  /**
   * Returns the non changeable length of the ArrayBufferView in bytes.
   * 
   * @return the non changeable length of the ArrayBufferView in bytes.
   */
  public final native int getByteLength() /*-{
		return this.byteLength;
  }-*/;

  /**
   * Returns the non changeable byteOffset of the ArrayBufferView inside of the used
   * {@link ArrayBuffer}.
   * 
   * @return the non changeable byteOffset of the ArrayBufferView inside of the used
   *         {@link ArrayBuffer}.
   */
  public final native int getByteOffset() /*-{
		return this.byteOffset;
  }-*/;

}
